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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicBritish Indian Army

Topic: British Indian Army

How patriots, exiles, disgruntled officers with Japanese help laid ground for Bose to take over INA

INA's story is a tangled saga involving nationalism & treason, as well as heroism & deceit. To take each strand individually will be unfair to evaluate its place in history.

British Indian sepoys weren’t silent spectators to colonial brutality. They led quiet rebellions

Indian sepoys who left their homes and crossed oceans to witness a world being conquered and exploited by the British, sought to understand, interpret, and even profit from it all.

Why is Indian Army keeping the martial race theory alive? The British left 76 years ago

General KM Cariappa's experiment debunked the martial race theory and illustrated that differences in ethnicity, caste, religious, and regional backgrounds were not the determinants of fighting capabilities of soldiers.

Modi’s visit to Heliopolis shows India is no longer ashamed of its British Army soldiers

PM Modi's visit to Heliopolis is in keeping with his outreach to Muslims, including Bohras and Ahmadiyyas. Nobel Laureate Obama, leave India alone.

Pakistani jawans are haunted by the imaginings of the British Indian Army

In 'Dying to Serve', Maria Rashid elaborates on the two competing visions between which British imaginings of the Indian soldier operated.

From Ambedkar to Jagjivan Ram to NCSC: Dalits’ long struggle for inclusion in Indian Army

Indian Army still has regiments with caste, religion, and community names, and asks for caste certificates during recruiting. It's time to build a truly inclusive military.

Ishar Singh–first Sikh soldier to receive Victoria Cross for heroics in Waziristan

The soldier took a bullet to his chest while fighting Mahsud Tribes at Haidar Kach in 1921, but took the rifle of another soldier and launched a counter-attack.

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Giorgio Armani brought a feminine touch to men’s tailoring — and taught them how to suit up

Armani built a multibillion-dollar global brand from something as simple as an unstructured jacket, and broke down the walls between formal and casual.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

HAL team to visit US this month for talks on joint production of GE 414 engines

The engines are meant for Tejas Mk 2 and the first tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.